LOCKED APPLIANCES VS. GENERATIVE PLATFORMS Posted on March 25, 2012 by tianabezzina under BCM112, Uncategorized
Considering there are over 1.08 Billion Smartphone users Worldwide, it is safe to say that we have become a generation of the gadgets. I am a walking paradigm to this point, having a fallen subject to the stereotypical indoctrination that to be up-to-date with society’s standards, you must own an iphone, and i have a slightly unorthodox fixation with both my Apple Iphone and my Apple Macbook Pro. Having said that i am a fervent Apple lover, my obsession was tainted when i learnt that there is an ongoing war between Apple and Android‘s systems. There are two types of Smartphone systems: the IOS system which is utilised by Iphones; and the Android system which belongs to Google, this is utilised by all other Smartphones. Apple Iphone app’s are considered as ‘locked’ appliances whereas Android is a Generative platform, as the user has the ability to download app’s that are not strictly for android phones. This raised issues of access, control and authority associated with these Smartphones.
The inconspicuously restricted operating system for the Iphone is controlled solely by Apple. So my question is…
Are you okay with Apple dictating and having control over absolutely everything you do with your own phone?
After i learnt that the Iphone is so controlling, i began to consider the possibilities of the android, and i made a list of Pro’s and Con’s (yes i’m a big list-making fan)
– Invites prosumers therefore gaining a larger customer base
– Has the freedom of downloading and accessing app’s that are not strictly made for Android
– Free flowing digital content
– more and more people are switching to Android over Iphone
– It is not protected from half the bugs that Apple software is
– In my opinion, (yes this is vanity) the iphone looks better.
My chosen media platform, Instagram, has recently announced that they are considering creating an app for Android smartphones. This is an example of convergent media platforms embracing Generative platforms over locked appliances as it widens their market share over other app’s (specifically photography related app’s in this example).
In reiteration, yes, the Android is the number one product for the prosumer of the 21st century, but i already own an iphone… And i’m a full-time university student, which means i have to come to terms with the fact that i cant up-and-buy the new ‘thing’, and although Android makes it way to easy to flick from ‘South Park’ to ‘gossip Girl’ ultimately it would be quicker to find the remote and press a button than spend an hour figuring out how to program my phone to change the channel for me. Also, i quite like my little bubble of security that comes with the restriction of IOS as it means i don’t have to worry about getting viruses from app’s that are foreign to my software and i have no idea how to get rid of. So yes, i would love an Android, but the practicality of one materialising in my hand anytime soon is highly unlikely, and if you own one, i will live vicariously through you by happily fiddling with it, pretending for a minute like i’m ‘cool’ enough to own an Android.
Ini adalah tulisan dari Tiana Benzina mengenai pendapatnya tentang iphone dan android.
Sumber : https://tianabezzina.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/locked-appliances-vs-generative-platforms/